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Show oo 1ESTIITI 'FLU' Iff OilEOT DF UTAH SALT LAKE, Dec. 6 Major Edward W. McCaskoy, U. S. A., district inspector in-spector of the western department for this district, has been ordered by the war department to proceed Immediately Immed-iately from his headquarters at San Francisco to Salt Lake to take charge of affairs of the influenza-swept student stu-dent army training corps at the University Uni-versity of Utah. The major fs expected ex-pected to arrive tonight or tomorrow. A telegram received yesterday afternoon af-ternoon by Governor Bamberger from Senator W. H. King at Washington states that this officer has been ordered or-dered hero by the war department, in response to request, to conduct an official of-ficial investigation of conditions affecting af-fecting the university training corps to fix responsibility for the unbridled ravages of influenza, alleged ' poor feeding and improper housing and I clothing, ,and failure to furlough men and demobilize the corps at the time of and In accordance with war department depart-ment orders previously issued. Another telegram from the education committee in Washington in charge of training corps, to Lieutenunt C. A. Emett, acting commanding officer of the corps, states that Major McCaskey has been ordered here to assist in rapidly demobilizing the organization. The same telegram authorizes the commanding officer of the corps to furlough all men necessary anddlrects him to expedite all discharges. Lieutenant J. R. Griffith, personnel adjutant of the corps, to whose absence ab-sence In San Francisco at a discharge paper school is ascribed the fact that mustering out of the corps did not commence last Monday as directed by war department orders, Is expected to arrive in Salt Lake today and demobilization demobi-lization work is to begin Immediately upon his arrival. It is announced by the training corps officers. In the meantime the influenza epidemic epi-demic is continuing its ravages among the men of the training corps. Yesterday Yes-terday another death was added to the list, making the ojal mortality nine since the corps was reassembled November No-vember 18. Three new cases of the disease were admitted to the post hospital hos-pital during the day fr(om the training train-ing corps, making a total of 1-10 cases now in the hospital from that source. This makes a total of 184 cases admitted admit-ted to the hospital since the corps w'as reassembled at the university. |
